Syracuse Crunch to Face Rochester Americans in AHL Playoffs Jim Bay | April 22, 2024 Although the Syracuse Crunch were the first to secure their playoff spot in the North Division, they had to wait until the final day of the regular season to find…
Lightning & Affiliates Prepared for Long Playoff Runs Joel Enns | April 21, 2024 Spring is here, and so are the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After a hard-fought season, the Tampa Bay Lightning are gearing up to battle for some postseason hardware once again, but…
Syracuse Crunch Punching Above Their Weight Joel Enns | March 2, 2024 As the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to push toward the playoffs, their American Hockey League (AHL) counterpart, the Syracuse Crunch, are doing the same. They currently sit in second place…
Lightning Benefit From Ben Groulx’s Leadership in Syracuse Jim Bay | February 5, 2023 When the Tampa Bay Lightning started their American Hockey League (AHL) partnership with the Syracuse Crunch in 2012, the organization’s prospects coined the phrase “TampaCuse,” which, of course, is just…
Lightning to Continue Successful Partnership with Syracuse Crunch Jim Bay | October 17, 2022 A team signing an extension with their American Hockey League (AHL) partner is usually not a big issue. In the case of the Tampa Bay Lightning, re-signing with the Syracuse…
Panthers’ Affiliate Charlotte Checkers Opt-Out of 2020-21 Season Andrew Mulville | January 7, 2021 On Jan. 4, the Florida Panthers’ AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, announced that they are opting out of the 2020-21 season. The Checkers, in coordination with the Panthers, made the…
Tampa Bay Lightning Prospect Profile: Cal Foote Nathan Moser | December 31, 2020 With as deep of a roster as the Tampa Bay Lightning have had for at least the past few years, their prospect pool is also pretty stacked with talent as…
Lightning: Checking in on the Struggling Crunch Eugene Helfrick | January 23, 2020 Perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of the Tampa Bay Lightning as an organization has been the success of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. As the…
Syracuse Crunch Are Replicating the Lightning’s Success Eugene Helfrick | December 19, 2018 One of the hardest things to do in the NHL is building a franchise that is able to have success at both the NHL and AHL level. Oftentimes, when a…
Amerks Ready for Calder Cup Playoff Run Jeff Seide | April 17, 2018 The Buffalo Sabres may have missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year, but their American Hockey League farm team, the Rochester Americans, ended their three-year playoff drought. It’s a…
Lightning’s Outstanding 2015 Draft Eugene Helfrick | March 26, 2018 For many Tampa Bay Lightning fans, the 2015 entry level draft will be forever etched into their memory because it occurred just a few short weeks after the Lightning’s lengthy run to…
Lightning & Crunch Have a Promising Future Geoff Nichols | June 19, 2017 Tyler Johnson, Andrej Sustr, Richard Panik, Ondrej Palat, Vladislav Namestnikov, Brett Connolly, Radko Gudas. These names are familiar to most if not all hockey fans. While they may not still…